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Tony Levin
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American rock bass player (born 1946)
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Tony Levin is an American bassist, blogger, jazz musician, and record producer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1946, he is a member of the bands King Crimson and Liquid Tension Experiment. His musical work spans genres including progressive rock, jazz, fusion, and experimental rock. He has been active in his career since 1970 and is associated with the Narada record label.
Levin plays the bass guitar, double bass, and guitar. He received his education at the Eastman School of Music. As an author, he has published works such as *Images from a Life on the Road*, *Beyond the Bass Clef*, and *Crimson Chronicles (Volume 1 the 80's)*. He is the brother of Pete Levin and speaks English.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Images from a Life on the Road
- Beyond the Bass Clef
- Crimson Chronicles (Volume 1 the 80's)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Anthony Frederick Levin is an American musician and composer, specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson and Peter Gabriel. Wikipedia
Known for
- BEAT: Neon Heat Disease - Live in Los Angeles — Himself (Bass/Chapman Stick)2025
- Peter Gabriel - I/O — Self2023
- In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 502022
- King Crimson: Tring: Live in the Studio2022
- Liquid Tension Experiment 32021
- Mike Portnoy - LTE3 — Himself - Bass Guitars, Chapman Stick2021
- Čechomor 30 let2019
- King Crimson: Heaven & Earth — Himself2019
- King Crimson: Rock in Rio2019
- King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City — Himself2018
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1946
Discography
- World Diary1995
- Waters of Eden2000
- Pieces of the Sun2002
- Resonator2006
- Prime Cuts2007
- Stick Man2007
- Levin Torn White2011
- Fire Cross the Sky2016
- Bringing It Down to the Bass2024
- Bringing It Down to the Bass2024
Member of
- L’Image1973–2010
- King Crimson1981–1999
- King Crimson1981–1999
- King Crimson1981–1999
- Liquid Tension Experimentsince 1997
- Bruford Levin Upper Extremities1998–2000
- King Crimsonsince 2004
- King Crimsonsince 2004
- King Crimsonsince 2004
- ProjeKct Four
- Discipline
- Tony Levin Band
- HoBoLeMa
- BEAT
- BEAT
- BEAT
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 51,267
- Total plays
- 489,898
Tags
Tony Levin (born June 6, 1946, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American rock musician, specializing in bass guitar, Chapman Stick and upright bass (although he also sings, plays tuba and synthesizer). Levin is best-known for his work with progressive rock pioneers King Crimson and Peter Gabriel. He has also been a member of Liquid Tension Experiment, the King Crimson-related bands Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, ProjeKct One and ProjeKct Four; his own Tony Levin Band includes Larry Fast on keyboa
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,406x
- Atomically Thin
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: A New Direct-Gap Semiconductor
· 2010 · cited 14,596x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,699x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,801x
- Human Breast Cancer: Correlation of Relapse and Survival with Amplification of the HER-2/<i>neu</i>Oncogene
· 1987 · cited 9,374x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Anthony Frederick Levin , ( 1946-06-06 ) June 6, 1946 (age 79) , Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Genres
- Progressive rock jazz fusion progressive metal pop rock world music
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter composer
- Instruments
- Bass guitar Chapman Stick upright bass vocals synthesizer
- Years active
- 1968–present
- Label
- Papa Bear
- Member of
- Peter Gabriel Stick Men Liquid Tension Experiment Beat
- Formerly of
- King Crimson Bruford Levin Upper Extremities Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Bozzio Levin Stevens
- Website
- tonylevin .com , papabear .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer specializing in electric bass guitars, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (1981–1984, 1994–1998, 2008, 2011, 2014–2021) and Peter Gabriel (since 1977). He is also a member of Liquid Tension Experiment (1997–1999, 2008–2009, 2020–present), Bruford Levin Upper Extremities (1998–2000) and HoBoLeMa (2008–2010). He has led his own band, Stick Men, since 2010.
A prolific session musician since the 1970s, Levin has played on over 500 albums. Some notable sessions include work with John Lennon, Herbie Mann, Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Stevie Nicks, Pink Floyd, Robbie Robertson, Eumir Deodato, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Joan Armatrading, Tom Waits, Buddy Rich, The Roches, Todd Rundgren, Seal, Warren Zevon, Bryan Ferry, Laurie Anderson, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Gibonni, Chuck Mangione and Jean-Pierre Ferland. He has toured with artists including Paul Simon (with whom he appeared in the 1980 film One-Trick Pony), Gary Burton, James Taylor, Judy Collins, Carly Simon, Peter Frampton, Tim Finn, Richie Sambora, Ivano Fossati, Claudio Baglioni and Lawrence Gowan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tony Levin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.